Ship&#39;s berth.



No- 831,019. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

D. TAGLIAFIGO.

SHIPS BERTH.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

DOMENIGO TAGLIAFICO, OF GENOA, ITALY.

SHIPS BERTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed June 1.1905. Serial No. 263.25L

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOMEN-ICO TAGLIA- FICO, a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, residing at Genoa, Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ships Berths, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide ships with improved berths which are so constructed and arranged that as large a space as possible is left between them when they are out of use, thereby. greatly increasing the comfort of the passengers and allowing of their walking and taking their meals below deck, the said berths being very readily brought into position for use and turned out of such position when not in use. The berths are especially intended for emigrants and steerage passengers.

This invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a group of berths in position for use, while Fig. 2 shows the group of berths in the position they occupy when out of use, so as to leave room for the passengers walking between decks, where the berths are situated, and of sitting down therein to their meals.

The berths are divided into groups of four each and are arranged within the space comprised between four columns A A B B. In the drawings only one column A and one column B are seen, as the other two columns A and B are concealed by those shown.

Two berths, which are referred to as the berths A, as they are supported by the columns A A, one above the other, are suspended on one side by means of the bolts 5 5, engaging lengthwise with two corners of the frames 6 5, carrying the berth-mattresses, these bolts 5 5 being carried by small brackets 3 3, attached to the columns A A, while on the other side the berths are supported by bolts or supports 15 15, fixed to the columns or standards 8. The other two berths, which are referred to as the berths B, are carried in a similar manner by the columns B B, so that when the berths are horizontal those hinged to the columns A A lie side by side with those hinged to the columns B B. The frames 6 6 of the berths B B rest on one side on their own bolts 5 and on the other side on the same supports 15 15 as are used for the berths A A. Above the small brackets 3 3 are provided small supports 2 2, to which is suspended one end of the head ends of the berths 14 by means of bolts 4 4, the said head ends being suspended at their other end by means of hooks 9 9, pivotally attached to the standards 8 by eyes 11 11. The-frames 6 6, together with the heads 14,- are thus so con nected by the standards 8 for the two berths A and by the arms 10 for the two berths B that they form a jointed parallelogram. The standards 8 and the arms 10 fulfil the same purpose and differ only in that the standards 8 are of larger dimensions and rest on the floor when the berths are lowered.

Supposing that the berths are in the position for use, as shown in Fig. 1, itwill then be necessary in order to bring them into the position shown in Fig. 2 to detach from the eyes 11 the hooks 9 of the berths B and to raise the standards 8 and arms 10,as shown in Fig. 2, and to hook them to the columns A and B by means of hooks provided for the purpose,butnot shown on the drawings, as they may be of any suitable kind and occupy any required position.

In order to provide seats for the passengers and also tables for meals, the lower members of the frames 6 of some of the berths are provided with hinged tables 12, while the opposite berth has attached to it hinged seats or forms 13, on which the passengers can sit when they take their meals on the tables 12. In order to give the passengers room for walking after the meals are over, the seats or forms and tables are folded back into the position shown in Fig. 1, the berths remaining in the position shown in Fig. 2. The tables 12 are hinged at a to the frames 6 to one side of the berths, while the seats 13 are hinged at b to the frames 6 to the other side of the berths.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I

- declare that what I claim is 1. The combination in folding berths of columns, frames swingingly connected at one end to the columns, standards to which the other end of the frames is swingingly connected, and head-rests swingingly connected to the columns and to the standards above the location of the frames.

2. The combination in folding berths of columns, upper and lower frames swingingly connected at one end to the columns, standards to which the other end of the frames is swingingly connected, tables swingingly connected to the lower frames to one side of the columns, and seats swingingly connected to the lower frames to the other sides of the columns.

3. The combination in folding berths, of columns, upper and lower frames swingingly connected at one end to the columns, standards to which the other end of the frames is swingingly connected, head-rests swingingly connected to the columns and to the standards above the location of the frames, tables swingingly connected to the lower frames to I snoie -my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DOMENICO TAGLIAFICO Witnesses MOLANHI GUIsEPPE ANGELO BORAZNIA. 

